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M.P.E.C. 2002-F45 Issued 2002 Mar. 23, 14:26 UT
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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2002 FT5
Observations:
K02F05T* C2002 03 20.36901 14 05 54.78 +00 59 32.3 19.6 704
K02F05T C2002 03 20.38071 14 05 48.69 +00 58 41.8 19.7 704
K02F05T C2002 03 20.39336 14 05 42.09 +00 57 49.7 19.4 704
K02F05T C2002 03 20.40597 14 05 35.46 +00 56 53.3 19.6 704
K02F05T C2002 03 21.35831 13 57 24.96 -00 11 04.9 19.3 704
K02F05T C2002 03 21.36986 13 57 18.76 -00 11 54.7 19.4 704
K02F05T C2002 03 21.38142 13 57 12.47 -00 12 44.4 19.4 704
K02F05T C2002 03 21.38324 13 57 11.76 -00 12 50.3 19.8 R 651
K02F05T C2002 03 21.38474 13 57 10.84 -00 12 56.3 19.6 R 651
K02F05T C2002 03 21.38620 13 57 10.11 -00 13 04.3 19.8 R 651
K02F05T C2002 03 21.39299 13 57 06.25 -00 13 34.2 19.3 704
K02F05T C2002 03 21.40458 13 57 00.05 -00 14 23.8 19.2 704
K02F05T C2002 03 23.19087 13 41 13.31 -02 24 22.0 18.8 R 649
K02F05T C2002 03 23.19323 13 41 12.04 -02 24 31.7 18.7 R 649
K02F05T C2002 03 23.19794 13 41 09.39 -02 24 53.3 18.5 R 649
Observer details:
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg. Observers K. Smalley, R. Fredrick,
D. Young. 0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson. Observer J. E. McGaha. 0.62-m f/5.1
reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico. Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, J. Piscitelli. Measurers
J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh. 1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
Orbital elements:
2002 FT5
Epoch 2002 Mar. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452340.5 MPC
M 104.02048 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.02377288 Peri. 32.40574 +0.77032219 -0.63385665
a 0.9749903 Node 8.08758 +0.42693882 +0.43174298
e 0.3053974 Incl. 29.60159 +0.47363168 +0.64173495
P 0.96 H 21.7 G 0.15
From 15 observations 2002 Mar. 20-23.
Ephemeris:
2002 FT5 a,e,i = 0.97, 0.31, 30 q = 0.6772
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2002 03 17 14 33.08 +04 47.9 0.208 1.158 138.2 34.9 20.1
2002 03 22 13 51.80 -00 57.0 0.197 1.175 153.1 22.5 19.6
2002 03 27 13 06.42 -06 59.6 0.197 1.191 168.1 9.9 19.2
2002 04 01 12 21.89 -12 22.9 0.208 1.205 170.7 7.7 19.2
2002 04 06 11 42.82 -16 30.3 0.231 1.218 158.8 17.3 19.9
2002 04 11 11 11.49 -19 21.1 0.261 1.230 147.5 25.9 20.4
2002 04 16 10 47.90 -21 14.6 0.296 1.240 138.2 32.6 20.9
2002 04 21 10 30.91 -22 31.2 0.336 1.249 130.5 37.7 21.3
2002 04 26 10 19.14 -23 25.7 0.377 1.256 124.0 41.6 21.7
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